Category: Museums
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Travel Ohio with Dusty Tires: Tracking Zane’s Trace Part 1
This week in Travel Ohio with Dusty Tires, I’m tracking the oldest road in Ohio, Zane’s Trace.
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Classic Auburn car museum in Indiana is well worth the trip
We’re going slightly outside the state of Ohio once again because we’d like to steer you to a place you won’t want to miss – the Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Museum in Auburn, Ind.
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Golden Lamb inn is Ohio’s oldest – and spookiest?
The Golden Lamb has been a gathering place for travelers and community members in Lebanon since 1803. It can rightfully claim the title as Ohio’s oldest continually operating business.
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Dusty Tires on the Road: Legendary Licking County, Part 2
In this week’s episode of Dusty Tires on the Road, we explore another sampling of Licking County, including the towns of Outville, Pataskala and Granville, as well as a brief tour of Denison University.
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Ohio’s tale of two Packard museums
Ohio has its share of automobile museums, two of which are devoted to the Packard Motor Car Company, which manufactured automobiles between 1899 and 1958.
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Ohio’s interurban railways clicked for a short while
If you wanted to go someplace outside your city or town in Ohio from the 1890s to the 1930s, it’s likely that you’d catch a ride on what was called an interurban car.
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Dusty Tires on the Road: Legendary Licking County
In this week’s episode of Dusty Tires on the Road, we explore a slice of Licking County, including downtown Newark, the county seat, and State Route 13 north to Utica.
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Dusty Tires on the Road: Remarkable Marietta
This week in Dusty Tires on the Road we continue our drive on video south on State Route 60 from McConnelsville to Marietta, passing through the small communities of Beverly and Lowell along the way.
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Explore the oldest houses in Columbus and Ohio
A modest house in Franklinton is reputed to be the oldest house in the city of Columbus. Located at 570 W. Broad Street (U.S. 40) at Gift Street, the Federal style house was reportedly built in 1807 by Joseph Oberdier.
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Museums in New Concord, Norwich tell stories of John Glenn, National Road
John Glenn was an American hero – an original Mercury 7 astronaut who went into space not once but twice, was a U.S. Senator, presidential candidate and U.S. Marine aviator who was a fighter pilot in three wars.